JAMES WELDON JOHNSON HOUSE (1931). Formerly the residence of renowned poet, James Weldon Johnson, who occupied the Adam K. Spence Chair of Creative Literature and Writing from 1931 to 1938 at Fisk University. (Still standing)

1931 The Lion Published By the Phi Delta Chi Class of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-one, Lincoln University; Yearbook. Digitization Funded By a Grant From the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC).

Ninth Annual Convention of the Presidents of Land Grant Colleges held at the Y.M.C.A., Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark, president of Southern University and A&M College [front row seated left].

Faculty and Graduating Class, Spring Quarter, 1931. The Entire Class Inculded 105 Candidates for the B.S. Degree. Many of Them Have Been Appointed as Supervisors, Extension Workers, Smith-Hughes Home Economics and Agricultural Agents, Principals,...

Dr. Higbie (1875- 1944) was appointed president of Wilson Teachers College in 1931. Dr. Higbie retired as President of Wilson Teachers College in February 1941, because of ill health. He remained on the faculty until his death in 1944.
Higbie was...

James Barnes came to Virginia State in 1931 as an instructor in health and physical education. He also coached basketball, football, and track during his short stay at Virginia State College for Negroes. There is a street named for Coach Barnes...

Charles Townes entered Virginia State College for Negroes in 1931. Mr. Towns became the first physics graduate in 1934. He went on to get a Ph.D in physics from Penn State and M.D. in medicine from Howard University. After World War II, Dr....